Tag: Drought

‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger

DOOLOW, Somalia — When her crops failed and her parched goats died, Hirsiyo Mohamed left her home in…

As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’

SALT LAKE CITY — If the Great Salt Lake, which has already shrunk by two-thirds, continues to dry…

Bodies Pulled From Parched Lake Mead Stir Wise-Guy Ghosts of Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — It’s the mob guy who went missing after skimming from the Stardust casino. No, it’s…

Somalia Elects Next President, but Terrorists Hold True Power

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Every month, Abdow Omar, who runs a business importing flour and sugar, gets a call…

Body From Decades-Old Homicide Is Found in Barrel at Lake Mead

A metal barrel containing the remains of a person killed about four decades ago was found on Sunday…

War in Ukraine Compounds Hunger in East Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya — First came the drought, drying up rivers, and claiming the lives of two of Ruqiya…